Holi – (Indian Thingyan) II
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Holi – (Indian Thingyan) II
Both festivals are derived from Hindu mythology. However, water festivals in Burma and other parts of South east Asia and in Yunnan, have a different version from Indian Holi.
Both of them are occasions of great fun and merriment, songs and dances, and of joyful splashing.
Enjoy the different cultures and broaden our minds!
Holi 2010 – The Big Picture – Boston.com
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/holi_2010.html
37 WONDERFUL PICTURES
Last Monday (March 1st), people in India and other countries with large Hindu populations celebrated Holi, the Festival of Colors. A welcoming of Spring, Holi is celebrated as the triumph of good over evil. Hindu devotees and others enthusiastically drop their inhibitions, and chase each other in temples and through the streets, playfully splashing colorful paint, powder and water on each other. People also attend bonfires to commemorate the story of Prahlada, a Hindu figure and devout follower of Lord Vishnu who prevailed over his father and the demoness Holika with the power of his devotion. Collected here are a handful of images from this year’s Festival of Colors. (37 photos total)
YouTube – Holiya Re Dance Performance at Fremont Temple – Holi Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEegO-IfEnQ
YouTube – holi 2010 with DJ Tanveer @ sunnyvale hindu temple,CA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXszJHJG9LI
YouTube – Holi Festival 2010, Dolores Park, San Francisco (1 of 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeaMh80DGTo&feature=related
YouTube – ramya ,Vidhya , Aarti and others for Holi festival dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWPdRqYvKoI
YouTube – Holi 2010 celebration senkang CC singapore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gMBpQ8w2KU&feature=related
https://myanmargazette.net/?p=1785
होली (Sanskrit), Holi, or Holli,is a spring festival celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and others. It is primarily observed in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka,[1] and countries with large Indic diaspora populations, such as Suriname, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad, United Kingdom, United States, Mauritius, and Fiji. In West Bengal of India it is known as Dolyatra (Doul Jatra) or Basanta-Utsav (“spring festival”). The most celebrated Holi is that of the Braj region, in locations connected to the god Krishna: Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon, and Barsana. These places have become tourist destinations during the festive season of Holi, which lasts here to up to sixteen days [2].
The main day, Holi, also known as Dhuli Vandana in Sanskrit,also Dhulheti, Dhulandi or Dhulendi, is celebrated by people throwing coloured powder and coloured water at each other. Bonfires are lit the day before, also known as Holika Dahan (burning of Holika) or Chhoti Holi (little Holi). The bonfires are lit in memory of the miraculous escape that young Prahlad accomplished when Demoness Holika, sister of Hiranyakashipu, carried him into the fire. Holika was burnt but Prahlad, a staunch devotee of god Vishnu, escaped without any injuries due to his unshakable devotion. Holika Dahan is referred to as Kama Dahanam in South India.
2 comments
kai
May 10, 2010 at 11:47 pm
ဒီပို့စ်အတွက် ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်..။
မြန်မာတွေ..သင်္ကြန်ဆိုတာ
ဘယ်ကလာသလဲ..
ဘယ်နယ်ကလဲ..
ဘယ်ကစသလဲ..
ဘာသာရေးနွယ်၏..။
ဆိုပြီးသိသာတာပေါ့…။ နှစ်တွေကြာလာတော့…သင်္ကြန်ဆိုတာ..မြန်မာဗုဒ်ဓဘာသာယဉ်ကျေးမှုရိုးရာဓလေ့ပွဲတော်ကြီးလို ့..ထင်သူတွေရှိနေတာမို ့ပါ။
အခုအတိုင်းဆိုတော့….ဟိန်ဒူတွေရဲ့ ဘာသာရေးပွဲ လို့ဆိုရင် မမှားလောက်ပါဘူးပေါ့နော..။
Ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi
PareByoke
May 11, 2010 at 1:52 am
Yes, water splashing in Southeast Asia came from Hindu culture per scholars (wikipedia, below).
At one time in ancient history, Cambodia, Malaysia,Thailand and Indonesia were ruled by Hindu Kings. After the Hindus, came the Buddhist influences. It’s especially thanks to great Indian King Asoka who spread Buddhism far and wide.
Cambodia’s Angkor Wat and Indonesia’s Borobudur have Buddhist as well as Hindu influences. Despite later Islamic conquests in Indonesia, Java in Indonesia still has Hindu and Buddhist influences.
Burma is richer because of the confluence of different cultures. Example: the “thikepone” came from the Chinese.
Not everyone knows, but it is said that “Kyaukse” irrigation canals were built by the Chinese who were irrigation experts in ancient times.
Myanmar language is very close to that of the Yi minority in China (wikipedia), (but the script is different)
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“Thingyan” in Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thingyan
“History
The origin of Thingyan, however, is not Buddhist but Hindu. The King of Brahmas called Arsi lost a wager to the King of Devas, Sakra (Thagya Min), who decapitated Arsi as agreed but put the head of an elephant on the Brahma’s body who then became Ganesha. The Brahma was so powerful that if the head were thrown into the sea it would dry up immediately. If it were thrown onto land it would be scorched. If it were thrown up into the air the sky would burst into flames. Sakra therefore ordained that the Brahma’s head be carried by one princess devi after another taking turns for a year each. The new year henceforth has come to signify the changing of hands of the Brahma’s head.[1]…”